Stormy 100 Race Report by Jason Eads
St.Louis Ultra-Runner Jason Eads’ race report from the Squamish Stormy 100: “What are you, a meteorologist????” It began with rain… It’s amazing what I’ll let friends talk me in to. That’s how I think of STORMY 100 miler many months after I signed up earlier this year. My friend, Ean “Action” Jackson, exudes the type of persuasiveness that is just... Read More
A Few Canadian Death Race Reports & Photos
The Canadian Death Race was this past weekend and we wanted to bring attention to two excellent race reports by racers Ellie Greenwood and Phil Villeneuve. Both are elite athletes but only one managed to finish the 125km race . We highly recommend checking out both… ====================== Ellie Greenwood – A Date with Death. 125kms of Mountain Magic Eight short weeks... Read More
The Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run – A Race Report from BC UltraRunner Gary Robbins
By Gary Robbins I wasn’t supposed to be on the starting line of Western States 2010, yet I knew months in advance that I’d somehow find myself there. I am a stern believer in fate, destiny, and serendipitous moments, almost to a flaw really. I could tell you stories of how I ended in in New Zealand for New Years Millennium based upon a case of strawberries, or how I... Read More
Cummins Shines at Victoria International Track Classic
© Copyright – 2010 – Christopher Kelsall Even though Diane Cummins’s 800m performance at the Victoria International Track Classic was electric, no one can blame her for being a little conflicted. Cummins won the 800m event, a race she chose to compete in despite her concentrating on the 1500m distance. Not only did she win but she also ran the fastest time in Canada... Read More
2010 Scorched Sole Ultra Race Report, Results & Lots of Photos!
Written by Dirk “IKE” Handke special to Trainharder.com - What is the SCORCHED SOLE 50M 50K 25K Ultra / Trail Run? 2010 was the 5th year of this event, being held every year at the MYRA-BELLEVUE Provincial Park, just above the Mission area of Kelowna, BC. Like every year, the event was organized by Shirlee Ross, Dan Crockett, Tammy Craig and a bunch of dedicated... Read More
2010 Fresh Air Experience Women’s 5k & 10k Report & Photos
Our official reporter from the Interior of the Province, Dirk Handke, has done it again with a race report from last weekend’s 2010 Fresh Air Experience Women’s 5k & 10k in Kelowna. Thanks again Dirk for another great report! ================== What is the FRESH AIR EXPERIENCE – WOMEN’S 10K & 5K RUN / WALK ? 2010 was the 27th year! of this women... Read More
The Q’s Victoria Track Series Meet #3 Race Report
Victoria, BC – Cameron Levins of Black Creek, BC – who red-shirted for NCAA Division 1 Southern Utah University this year, returned to the island with a bang. He started off his track-racing season with an under-distance event (he is a 1500m/mile specialist) racing the 800m distance at The Q’s Victoria Track Series. Read More Read More
2010 Inaugural Tenderfoot Boogie 50M, 50K, 28K Trail Run Photos & Results
Saturday, May 15, 2010 - From Squamish, BC to Whistler, BC, Canada By Dirk Handke (a.k.a IKE) – Ultra Runner Extraordinaire AND now Trainharder.com’s official news reporter… Thanks again Dirk for all your hard work! Editor’s Note: two additional reports have been recently posted: Bruce Grant – Last weekend was the inaugural Tenderfoot Boogie... Read More
2010 Oak Bay Kool 1/2 Marathon Results & Reports
543 runners took to the streets of Oak Bay yesterday in the 2010 Oak Bay Kool Half Marathon and Asics Relay Ediken. Following are links to the results: Kool/Oak Bay Half-Marathon Results 2010 Asics Ekiden Relay Results 2010 Race Reports: Denise Helm’s race report titled: Oak Bay Race report – Mistakes, motivation and getting to the finish line – I knew something... Read More
Dylan Haight Wins the Inaugural Q’s Victoria Track Series 3000m event
Media Release Victoria (May 7, 2010) – Future University of Victoria athlete and Oak Bay High School grad Dylan Haight won the first race in the inaugural Q’s Victoria Track Series, Saturday, May 1st 2010 at the Jack Wallace Memorial Track at Oak Bay High School. Haight was competing against fellow Vike, Clifford Childs as well as Peter Corrigan representing the Running Room,... Read More
2010 Vancouver Sun Run Results & Reports
It’s a gorgeous day to run or walk. Congratulations to all of you participating in today’s Vancouver Sun Run. Results: Results are now posted in full on the Race Headquarter’s website here. In addition you can look up your result on the Sun Ran Race Tracker. Media: BC Athletic: Kenyan wins 2010 Vancouver Sun Run – Kenyan-born Kip Kangogo, who runs out of... Read More
2010 Elk/Beaver Ultras Results & Report
BC Athletics has posted a great writeup on last weekend’s Elk/Beaver Ultras, which doubled as both the Association of Canadian Ultramarathoners 2010 50K and 100K Championships. The report can be read here and full results with photos are posted here. Congratulations to everyone who dared to attempt this race. Hats off especially to Donald Peterson (a.k.a. Trainharder.com’s... Read More
Weekend Race Results & Reports (including TC10K)
The following list will be updated throughout the day as new reports are posted… Times Colonist 10K 2010 Results A few Times Colonist article’s: “Hard” race won by international contenders and People turn out in record numbers for Times Colonist 10K J. D. MacDonald’s (Running Gay) race report – I love racing! This weekend I made a voyage to Victoria... Read More
New Course Record Set for Diez Vista 50k
Following are three race reports from the race including one from Gary Robbins where he described his course record breaking effort… Results can be viewed here. Race Reports: A report from the Race Director, George Forshaw… Gary Robbins – Confidence Boost – Diez Vista 50k CR! – I’ve told this lead in before, but I love it cause it’s still... Read More
2010 Merville 15K Report & Results
The second last race in the Frontrunners Island Race Series, the Merville 15K, took place this past Sunday in Campbell River. Just under 300 runners took part in the event, which was won by Tina Connelly on the women’s side and Willy Langat on the men’s. Full results can be viewed here. Also check out Shane Ruljancich’s report on the race on his blog here. The... Read More
Kelowna Campus 2 Campus Half Marathon Results & Reports
Overall winners AARON HEIDT and SHANNON THOMPSON Trainharder.com’s leading (and soon-to-be-official) interior running reporter, Dirk Handke, reports on the Kelowna Campus 2 Campus Half Marathon which was hosted this past weekend at Okanagan College. Dirk has again done an amazing job reporting from the race. This is a fun report to read and includes lots of great pictures.... Read More
2010 Dave Reed Spring Classic Results & Reports
This past weekend saw the running of the 2010 Dave Reed Spring Classic in Vancouver’s Stanley Park, which also doubled as this year’s BC 5K Road Running Championship. Results can be found here. A few reports have been posted so far: Rain City Runner – Conditions were race-perfect this morning, cool and grey, but dry, which may have added to the pre-race tension and... Read More
2010 Penticton Lakeside Resort 5k Report & Photos
Here’s another great race report from Trainharder’s “unofficial” event reporter from the province’s interior, Dirk Handke. This report is, in Dirk’s words, “THE CLOSEST THING next to have been there!” CLICK HERE to read Dirk report which includes results from the event and lots of great photos. Read More
2010 Harry’s Spring Run-Off 8K Results & Reports
For results from today’s race click here. BC Athletics has again written a great summary report from the event and although we don’t like to copy on this site the first part of that report is included below… ============ Kenyan Willy Kimosop, last years Sun Run winner who claimed to have done very little training through the winter while studying in Lethbridge,... Read More
Gary Robbins’ HURT Race Report – A 100 Mile Tale
Gary Robbins’ long awaited race report from the Hawaii HURT Trail 100-mile Endurance Run is now done! Many thanks to Gary for allowing us to post on Trainharder… By the way be sure to check out Gary’s blog here. ============================= Alright, so where to begin, where to end, how to recap it all so that people actually want to read about running 100 damn... Read More
